La invisibilización de la discriminación por orientación sexual en el contexto caleño

Abstract

The present investigation is oriented towards the deepening of the social situation of homosexuality in the context of the city of Santiago de Cali, particularly in the university context, this approached from the field of clinical psychology. This, it is initially relevant to understand the diversity inherent in sexuality, since, as is known, there is no single sexual orientation. One of them is homosexuality, which, due to historical antecedents and other factors addressed in this study, is subject to stigma and discrimination, which, in turn, has as a consequence the possible development of psychological discomfort in the homosexual.

Such problems, although currently less invisible, the methods of discrimination against this population used are probably increasingly subtle and implicit. This, according to the literature review, many homosexual individuals tend to develop more frequently psychological disorders, particularly affective disorders, including SPA consumption and suicidal behavior. In this sense, the study had as a general objective, to identify the coping styles that a sample of homosexualoriented students from two universities in Cali, in situations of discrimination based on sexual orientation. Methodologically, we worked under the quantitative perspective, with a descriptive, non-experimental cross-sectional design, and with a deductive method.

Regarding the data collection instrument, the Coping Strategy Scale - Modified (EEC-M) was used (Chorot & Sandín, 1993; Londoño, Henao, Puerta, Posada, Arango & Aguirre-Acevedo, 2006), which identifies and measures coping strategies in different situations that generate stress, this under the transactional theory of Lazarus and Folkman. And in the case of the perception of discrimination based on sexual orientation, among other associated aspects, section 2, 3 and 5 of the LGBT Survey carried out in Bogotá in 2007 (CLAM, Management of Evaluation and Research) were used. and the Sexual and Gender Health Program - Profamilia and GESSAM of UNAL Colombia, 2007).